NO MORE HANDOUTS: Want Food Stamps? Louisiana is Now Making you Work for Them

From Louder with Crowder: File this story under “things done right,” also “makes me fist pump.” If you don’t have those files established yet, where the heck have you been filing our stories all year? I’m setting a reminder to lecture you about this later, right under my note about not procrastinating. I’ll get there.

The work requirements were restored under outgoing Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal. Nearly every state was granted a federal waiver to the requirements in response to the Great Recession but now some are letting waivers expire without renewal. Without the waiver able-bodied adults without children must work at least 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a federally approved job training program to qualify for benefits.

Can we also note that able-bodied adults, without children, must work at least 20 hours? What were these able-bodied “adults” doing all day long before this law? How is that even possible? Of course having adults get off their duffs and take care of themselves is going to be seen as hateful. Just you wait, a leftist out there is already writing a semi-coherent (but mostly not) manifesto about making people pay for their own existence is just mean. Hey, some people CANNOT WORK because they have weed to smoke, chants to write, grievances to make up. Plus, who can say no to this punim?

Because for leftism, working leads to independence. Independence leads to freedom. Freedom leads to more independence. More independence leads to less dependence on the government. Less dependence on the government means government will shrink. Shrinking government means leftists will have to be independent. Leftists being independent means leftists will have to work…

Ah, I see the issue now. And here come the excuses.

I assure you 20 hours of work a week is not a a load that would stress the heart.